Graduate schools favor their own undergrads?

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<p>I hear people pretty much scolding me for even considering doing my undergrad and grad at the same college, saying that students are supposed to go to different schools for both. However, I've done some reading, and from what I've gathered, University of Florida's vet school's classes are comprised 50% of their own undergrads. Seeing as I would like to go into vet or pharmacy school, would it be easier to do undergrad at a college that has these graduate schools? Would I have a better chance of being accepted? I'm just confused about these two conflicting ideas. </p>

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<p>What you’re talking about is more applicable to PhD programs; it doesn’t really apply to professional schools, However I think what you are seeing is a preference for Florida residents, not necessarily for the University of Flordia in particular. Most vet schools do give preference to in-state students. </p>

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<p>I’m definitely planning on being in state (half the cost!) but I would say everyone has different career objectives. </p>

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<p>Such a misleading title when you are really talking about Vet school. I wish you could edit it. Also, check out the pre-vet forum
<a href=“Pre-Vet & Veterinary Medicine - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-vet-veterinary-medicine/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>So have people jumped to conclusions when I tell them I want to go to the same college for undergrad and grad?</p>

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<p>I think people are assuming that you’re talking about PhD programs when you say “grad school” as opposed to “vet school” or “pharmacy school”</p>

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<p>@SlackerMomMD: What’s the difference? What would be the benefit of going to a different school? I would think life would be easier going to the same school because you’d know the area, the people, etc. </p>

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<p>The reason many graduate programs will not hire their own graduates quite often is because they seek to avoid a certain in-grown weaknesses. If student A benefits from a grad program she also misses out on something that that program cannot do. If she returns to teach there the program doesn’t benefit from student A’s exposure to a different grad program. Sometimes this way of thinking about hiring PhDs of one’s own dept is extended to admitting graduates of one’s undergraduate program to one’s graduate program. Weakness breeds weakness. There is strength in diversity and different approaches to a field. Not applicable so much to professional degrees.</p>

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<p>Many grad schools prefer that you cross pollinate and get familiar with other researchers and their methods and specialties, and that makes for a stronger scholar. For you, that provides a larger circle of mentors and influences. So some programs only make it an exception to take their own undergrads. Some specialty areas it is more usual.</p>

<p>Now Vet school I don’t know anything about. How about you read the prevet and vet forum for insight on your situation.</p>